Fencepost



Dec. 7 1926.

o. CARLSON ET AL FENCEPOST Filed Jun 22, 1925 snag f '42,

Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR CARLSON, OF HARVEY, ILLINOIS, AND HOWARD M. XVILCOX, F MASON CITY, IOWA.

FENCEPOST.

Application filed .Tune 22, 1925.

The present invention relates to a fence post and an improved means for attaching the Wires of a fence thereto.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a tubular fence post With longitudinally spaced transversely extending indent-ures on one side thereof for receiving the longitudinal or horizontal Wires of the fence and prevent up and down movement, or slipping thereof.

Heretofore in the art there have been patented structures wherein solid fence posts have been provided With grooves, notches, and the like for receiving the Wires of the fence, but these have been found to actually weaken the fence post since in the provision of the grooves, notches and the like, material from the fence post is cut out. There has also been patented a solid fence post Which is bent so as to provide notches or grooves for the reception of the vvires of the fence post. Y

Another important object of the invention is to provi-de a highly novel means for attaching or holding the Wires of the fence in the indentations above mentioned.

A still further important object of the invention is to provide a tubular fence post having its .bottom and top ends flattened, and therefore closed so that the fence post is reversible, and Will prevent Water, moisture, and the like from getting into the end thereof, thereby greatly lengthening the life of the fence post and allowing the fence post to be reversed When the portion adjacent the lground starts to corrode.

A still further very important object of the invention is to provide .a fence post of this nature Which is exceedingly simpleJ in its construction, strong and durable, one which Will prove efcient and reliable in use, and otherwise Well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as Will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and 1n the combination and arrangement of parts Serial No. 38,930.

as Will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure l is an elevation of the fence post embodying the features of our invention, and the means for attaching the Wires of the fence thereto,

Figures 2 and 3 are enlarged sections taken substantially on the lines 2 2 and 3 3 respectively of Figure l.

Referring to the rdrawing in detail it will be seen that the fence post consists of an elongated .tubular body 5 having its endsA flattened as at 6 to forni closures and having one side indented at longitudinally spaced intervals to provide transversely extending grooves or notches 7, in which the longitudinally or horizontally ext-ending Wires 8 of the fence are to be seated.

These Wires 8 are held in place Within the indentures or notches 7 by means of fastening devices. Each fastening device includes a pair of Wires 9 which have their ends hooked as at l0 to engage the Wire 8 While the other ends are coiled about each other as at 1l at the other side of the fence post.

From the above detailed description it Will be seen that the fence post embodies a structure which is very strong and the provision of th-e indentures or notches 7 does not weaken the structure thereof, as is the case where the solid fence posts are bent to provide these notches or Where portions are cut out to provide the notches. It will also be noted that the fence post is reversible because of the iattened closed ends 6 and that therefore When the bottom portion of the fence post begins to corrode, the fence post may be inverted, and thus the length ofthe life of the post is practically doubled. It will also be noted that the fastening devices enable the Wires of the yfence post to be attached and held into the notches 7 very quickly and very securely.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail merely by Way of exam le, and it is apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the` post including a one-piece tubular body, having its ends flattened and one side thereof provided, at intervals with portions bent in* Wardly to forni notches.

In testimony whereof We aiix om' signetures.

HOVARD M. VVILGOX` OSCAR CARLSON. 

